The Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) has appointed a new advisory board member, Dr. Eugene Schneller, a professor of supply chain management at the W. P. Carey School of Business of Arizona State University (ASU), which has for the fifth year in a row been named the most innovative school in America by the U.S. News and World Report, stated the organization’s press release.
BSMA is a global organization that fosters Innovation and Adoption of disruptive technologies within the end-to-end supply chain of the Life Sciences industry. With offices in California (USA), Brussels (Belgium) and Mumbai (India), BSMA promotes collaboration and networking between professionals of the biotech, pharmaceutical, academic and medical diagnostics enterprises.
Devendra Mishra, Executive Director of BSMA, observed, “BSMA is privileged to have Dr. Eugene Schneller as a member of the Advisory Board for his innovations in the supply chain of Life Sciences, as a practitioner, teacher and researcher over 35 years. As a Principal Investigator for the Department of Defense, efforts to integrate the medical supply chains for the three services, he brings an extraordinary experience to address the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic. I am thrilled that he is currently teaching a SCM Course addressing the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.”
Eugene Schneller remarked, “Innovation at ASU has been achieved through the collaboration of the university with industry and government. I support the University-Industry initiative of BSMA and look forward to raising supply chain management consciousness in Corporate America and advancing supply chain of healthcare through our research.” He added, “Most important, I believe that the health sector must begin to learn from industry best practices from across the most successful organizations outside health. Our development of our fully integrated supply chain model (FICO) is grounded in our learnings from GM, Intel, Philips in addition to the most progressive integrated delivery networks such as Kaiser, Banner, UPMC, Mercy, Dignity and Providence.”
Dr. Schneller is also a founding member of The Mark McKenna Foundation Advisory Committee and the Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium (HSRC-ASU). The Annual Mark McKenna Lecture brings key innovators and thought leaders in healthcare to Arizona State University to speak on current healthcare issues and highlight the importance of the supply chain in improving organizational performance and clinical practice.
Schneller joined ASU in 1985 and has been a Dean's Council of 100 Distinguished Scholar since 2007. His research and consulting focus on health sector supply chain strategy, group purchasing, distribution models and talent development. He has studied public and private healthcare procurement in both the U.S. and abroad with a focus on design, integrity, efficiency and effectiveness. His research and consulting have addressed the challenges of Europe, Asia and South America. His contributions have impacted the Children's Hospital Association, HCA, CombineMed, FTI, Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, and Costal Carolinas Health Alliance.
He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Health Administrators Forum, Phoenix, Arizona (1998-present) and the Network for Health Administration Education (1996-present). In addition, he is active on the Governor's Council on Telemedicine, Phoenix, Arizona, (1997-present).
Schneller has published Physician’s Assistant: Innovation in the Medical Division of Labor (1978), Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain (2007), Managing Change in the Public Sector (ed. 2007), and the Handbook of Strategic Supply Management.
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